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What happens when you walk away from a successful career, leave behind the security you've worked so hard to build, and set off on an 800-kilometre journey to find yourself?

In this episode of Miles to Zen, I'm delighted to welcome back Samantha Plavins, author of The Sam I Am, for another delicious coffee-date conversation.

Sam was my very first podcast guest when I launched Miles to Zen in January 2025, and getting to pick up where we left off was such a treat. This time, we're talking about her wonderfully honest, funny, and deeply personal new book, inspired by her experience walking the Camino de Santiago.

After years in a successful career, Sam reached a point where the life she had built no longer felt like the life she wanted to live. What followed was an 800-plus-kilometre walk across Spain, 33 days of physical challenges, unexpected friendships, wine fountains, Hot Turtle, and some rather humbling discoveries about herself.

Along the way, we explore:

• The courage to walk away from a life that looks perfect on the outside.
• What happens when we stop living for some imagined future.
• The stories, expectations and family dynamics that shape our choices.
• Why women often struggle with taking up space and allowing themselves to shine.
• The unexpected lessons that come through travel, friendship and getting out of our own heads.
• Learning to let go of judgment, embrace imperfection and see the magic in everyday moments.

And perhaps most importantly, why you don't need to walk 800 kilometres across Spain to start discovering more of yourself.

As Sam says, she walked away from a pile of money, but her life became so much richer.

Grab a coffee, go for a walk, and join us for a conversation about following your own path, embracing the messy bits, and giving yourself permission to live a bigger, more authentic life.

Find Samantha and her book:
The Sam I Am by Samantha Plavins https://shewalksthewalk.com/

First podcast episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440331/episodes/16507748

The Sarnia, Ontario bookstore we mention the Bookkeeper! Not the bookeeper.  https://www.instagram.com/sarniabookkeeper?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&rpxt=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

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Ever walk away from a conversation feeling like something good just happened? Today we’re talking about how to have more of those.

I’ve sat down with over 50 guests on this podcast, and I’ve had a few decades of networking and talking to strangers, from two minute chats to two hour ones. Here are seven things I’ve learned from my guests, some research, and a few tricks from the pros. They work for coffee dates, dinner parties, networking, and catching up with an old friend.

In this episode
 00:00 Welcome
01:19 1. Take people off the pedestal
 03:10 2. Show up: phone away, and don’t skip the small talk
 05:12 3. Be fully present, then follow the thread
 09:11 4. Get curious about the person behind the title
 11:31 5. Share a little bit about yourself
 12:28 6. Read the room
 15:37 7. Notice how people feel when they leave you
 17:27 Wrapping up

Episodes mentioned
Dr. Eben Alexander

Elyse Cathrea 

Abbey Brassfield

Every person has a story worth hearing. Most of the time, they just haven’t been asked about it yet.

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Who Is This Shannon, Anyway?

For more than 65 episodes, I’ve been the one asking the questions.

This time, Ruth Andermatt turned the tables.

In this very different Miles to Zen episode, I become the guest on my own podcast. Ruth is a self-leadership coach, a returning guest, and apparently someone who knows how to create just enough tension to get past the polished version of a person.

We talk about worthiness, curiosity, intuition, confidence, sensitivity, truth-telling, and what I actually bring into a room.

I share some stories I don’t often talk about publicly, including a pivotal moment in 2019 when hearing my own recorded voice changed the way I saw myself. We talk about the cost of trying too hard, learning to listen to my inner voice, the tension between my corporate and creative sides, and the ongoing question of what it means to stop performing and simply come home to yourself.

And, because this is Miles to Zen, we also get into curiosity, wonder, meaningful stories and what might be possible when we pay attention.

So if you’ve listened to me interview other people and ever wondered, “But who is Shannon, anyway?” … this one is for you.

In this episode:

00:00 Unpolished Introduction
00:30 Guest on My Own Show
02:05 Hearing Your Voice
04:16 Owning Your Power
06:15 Brilliance and Connection
07:13 The Worthiness Crunch
08:19 The Imposter Room Story
11:23 The Cost of Overtrying
14:30 Listening to Your Inner Voice
17:59 What You Bring Into the Room
20:31 Sensitivity and Hypervigilance
25:01 A Sharp Tongue and Telling the Truth
26:41 Not Suffering Fools
28:12 Hire Slow, Fire Fast
30:28 Kindness in Hard Calls
34:45 Patterns From Childhood
37:20 The Pendulum Swing
42:24 Parents and Approval
48:22 Miles to Zen, Keynotes and Wonder Conversations
52:32 Closing Reflections

If you’re new here, welcome. Miles to Zen is about curiosity, wonder, connection and the unexpected things we notice when we slow down enough to pay attention.

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On the Miles to Zen podcast, Shannon welcomes returning guest Dr. Lorne Brown to discuss his shift from the Conscious Fertility podcast to The Coherence Code, driven by a broader focus on consciousness and coherence beyond fertility. They explore balancing Newtonian “measurable” reality with quantum perspectives, including the idea that manifestation may be less about creating outcomes and more about tuning into existing realities through frequency, perception, and lowered resistance. Dr. Brown shares practices like gratitude, journaling on waking, and his “notice, accept, choose again” process, plus stories illustrating how changing subconscious “GPS” filters reveals opportunities and prompts aligned action. They also discuss inspired action versus fear-based striving, set-point happiness, synchronicities, near-death experience conversations, and adopting curiosity, kindness, and playfulness as guiding principles.

What happens when you stop trying to create your reality and start becoming receptive to the reality that is already unfolding?

Dr. Lorne Brown is back on the Miles to Zen Podcast for a second conversation, and this time we go much deeper.

Since our first conversation, Lorne has renamed his podcast from Conscious Fertility to The Coherence Code, reflecting the broader consciousness work that is such an important part of his life and practice.

In this episode, we explore manifestation, consciousness, synchronicity, intuition, the subconscious mind, and the difference between forcing an outcome and becoming receptive to what is already available to us.

Lorne shares his evolving understanding of the Newtonian and quantum perspectives, why he believes we may be tuning into realities rather than simply creating them, and why the real work may be changing our internal state rather than trying to control the external world.

We also talk about:

• Why Lorne believes “lowering resistance” is key to flow and receptivity
 • His Notice, Accept, Choose Again process
 • Why the feeling behind what we want may matter more than the thing itself
 • How our subconscious acts like a GPS, looking for experiences that match our internal identity
 • A fascinating story about a patient with fibromyalgia and the gym she had walked past more than 1,000 times
 • Why gratitude can be such a simple way into receptivity
 • What happens when we stop micromanaging the universe
 • Synchronicities and the opportunities we may be missing because of the way we filter our reality
 • Why ideas sometimes seem to arrive through us rather than simply coming from us
 • Near-death experiences, consciousness and Lorne's growing curiosity about what exists beyond the material world
 • And his advice for navigating all of this: stay curious, playful and kind.

There is a lot here to ponder, and as always with Lorne, we don't have to agree with every idea to be curious about what might be possible.

Dr. Lorne Brown is the founder of Acubalance Wellness Centre and the host of The Coherence Code Podcast. He has spent decades working in reproductive health and has increasingly brought consciousness, mind-body connection and personal transformation into his work.

This is a conversation about possibility, perception and what might happen when we stop trying so hard to make life happen our way.

00:00 Stop Micromanaging Life

00:30 Meet Dr Lorne Brown

02:18 Why The Podcast Renamed

05:31 Coming Out Spiritual

08:01 Materialism Versus Quantum

15:29 Manifestation As Tuning

21:22 Synchronicity And Action

28:21 Ideas Downloads And Ego

34:44 NAC Manifestation Method

36:29 Lowering Resistance Tools

37:20 Beingness Shapes Results

38:49 Yacht Story Reality Check

39:40 Gratitude Builds Receptivity

41:43 Raising Your Happiness Setpoint

46:15 Potholes Triggers and Presence

51:09 Nonattachment and Miracles

51:24 Stop Micromanaging Universe

56:05 NDEs and Quantum Woo

58:41 Healing Room Coherence

01:02:23 Synchronicity and Readiness

01:08:03 Curious Kind Playful Close

Contact Dr. Lorne Brown: 

https://www.lornebrown.com/home

https://acubalance.ca/

Links to First Podcast:

Part One:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d-tTtKytG0

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440331/episodes/16693807

Part Two

https://youtu.be/rWMPDhxjzDE?si=qFT0G-DEhKrN--in

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440331/episodes/16740837

Blogs Mentioned in Podcast

https://acubalance.ca/top-5-reasons-why-manifesting-may-not-be-working-for-you/

https://acubalance.ca/manifestation-alignment-vs-attraction/

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What if your morning cup of cacao could do more than satisfy your chocolate craving?

In this episode of the Miles to Zen podcast, I’m talking with Gizelle, founder of I Am Being, about something I have to admit I knew surprisingly little about: ceremonial grade cacao.

We get into the fascinating differences between cacao, cocoa and chocolate, how ceremonial cacao is made, why Gizelle believes it offers a different kind of energy than coffee, and what happened when she first experienced it herself.

But this conversation goes far beyond what’s in the cup.

Gizelle shares her journey from the corporate world into wellbeing, Reiki, sound, yoga and ceremonial cacao, including the moment she first experienced cacao during a sound bath and wondered, “Why?”

We talk about:

• Cacao vs. chocolate vs. cocoa
 • What makes ceremonial grade cacao different
 • Cacao and coffee and how they affect the body differently
 • Energy without the crash
 • Rest vs. nervous-system regulation
 • Why cacao ceremonies are about connection and co-regulation
 • The farmers, land and “seed-to-cup” journey behind cacao
 • What trees can teach us about connection and community
 • The idea of “Mother Cacao”
 • Following curiosity and being willing to change direction
 • The unseen connections that weave our lives together

And, of course, we talk about chocolate. I am a lifelong chocolate lover, after all.

There’s something particularly beautiful about this conversation because Gizelle and I connected through another thread of synchronicity. One connection led to another, eventually bringing us together for this conversation about cacao, wellbeing, nature and the things we can’t always see happening beneath the surface.

As Gizelle says near the end of our conversation, sometimes rest isn't enough. We need to regulate, reconnect and come back to our own energy.

Time Stamps

00:00 Cacao Conversation Intro

00:53 Meet Gizelle and I Am Being

01:27 Chocolate Lover Meets Cacao

03:04 From Pod to Ceremonial Cacao

05:54 Solid Block Not Powder

07:58 Chocolate Additives and Butter

09:49 Superfood Benefits Explained

11:06 Corporate to Cacao Calling

16:43 Coffee Crash vs Cacao Energy

18:42 Caffeine Crash Explained

19:08 Why Cacao Feels Different

19:33 Theobromine Energy Lift

20:10 First-Time Cacao Journey

21:22 Ceremony and Co-Regulation

22:00 From Sessions to Retail

24:11 Meeting Farmers Directly

25:09 Polyculture and Flavor

26:07 Trees and Underground Networks

29:17 Legacy in Every Cup

29:55 Mother Cacao Origins

31:20 How to Start Anywhere

33:15 Synchronicity and Connection

35:45 Final Wisdom on Regulation

37:32 Podcast Wrap and Farewell

Contact Gizelle:

https://iambeing.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/gizellerenee/ 

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What if communication doesn't always require words?

Check out the first episode with Dan & Shannon: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440331/episodes/17098602

Dan Goerke is back on Miles to Zen, and this conversation takes us somewhere fascinating.

Dan first joined me to talk about his experience caring for his wife, Denise, after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at just 56. In his book, he shared how he began communicating with her telepathically and how that unexpected connection became one of the tools he used as her caregiver.

Since our first conversation, Dan's world has expanded in ways neither of us could have predicted.

He has appeared on The Telepathy Tapes and now works with caregivers of people with dementia, as well as families of non-speaking autistic people, people who have experienced strokes, and people who have been in comas.

In this conversation, Dan shares some of the extraordinary experiences that have come through that work.

We talk about the synchronicity that led him to The Telepathy Tapes, a remarkable reading with a man named Pedro who speaks Spanish, his unexpected experience of being welcomed to “The Hill,” and the beautiful story of Isla.

Then there is Calvin, a six-year-old non-speaking autistic boy who Dan says continues to communicate with him but also Calvin’s mom through music, including one particularly wild story involving The Moody Blues.

We also talk about Alzheimer's from a very different perspective, including Dan's experiences communicating with people who are nearing the end of their lives and the messages he says he receives about loved ones on the other side.

And underneath all of these stories is a much bigger question:

What happens when we become willing to question what we think we know?

This isn't a conversation about having all the answers. It's about curiosity, possibility, love, synchronicity and being willing to look again when something doesn't fit neatly into our existing worldview.

Dan's final message is simple:

Trust.

Trust the little messages. Trust the unexpected connections. Trust the things that make you stop and wonder.

Because, as we've talked about many times on Miles to Zen, sometimes the most interesting part of life begins when we become curious about what we can't quite explain.

If you're curious about telepathy, The Telepathy Tapes, Alzheimer's, non-speaking autism, synchronicity, spirituality or simply the possibility that there is more to being human than we currently understand, I think you'll want to hear this one.

And stay right to the end. Dan has one final message for me that I definitely wasn't expecting.

00:00 Open 

00:12 Podcast Welcome Guest Intro

01:20 Book Telepathy And Alzheimer’s

04:03 Dan’s Caregiver Origin Story

06:21 Telepathy Tapes Breakthrough

09:00 Live Reading With Pedro

13:24 After Episode Demand Surge

14:21 The Hill And Permission

16:57 Isla Brings Him To Hill

20:12 Signs Guides And Cardinals

22:39 Calvin Car Rides And Music

27:03 Calvin Dream Message

28:34 Telepathy Theme Moms

30:09 Reading Synchronicity Proof

33:19 Scientists Shift Worldviews

36:55 Hospice Evidence Stories

41:52 Talkin Telepathy Live

46:28 Final Wisdom Trust

Contact Dan Goerke

Dan Goerke is the author of a book, Unforgetable, Unbelievable, A Journey of Telepathy and Compassion in Alzheimer’s Care

Learn more about Dan and his work at Soul to Soul Communication. https://soultosoulcommunication.com/

 Telepathy Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTelepathyTapes

#MilesToZen #DanGoerke #Telepathy #TheTelepathyTapes #Synchronicity #Alzheimers #Autism #Dementia #Spirituality #Consciousness #Nonspeakers

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What happens when life literally stops?

Host Shannon Miles Halliday welcomes Abbey Brassfield, founder of On The Horizon Consulting, to share her story of burnout, illness, and transformation. Abbey recounts how flu in January 2024 rapidly became necrotizing strep pneumonia, leading to a medically induced coma, was placed on life support, and during this time has a near death experience as well as experienced other lives. 

She describes entering a place filled with overwhelming peace, unconditional love, and a profound choice: stay... or return.

Abbey chose to come back.

In this deeply moving conversation, we explore what she experienced, how it transformed her understanding of purpose, healing, burnout, intuition, faith, and why she believes we're all far more powerful than we realize.

Whether you're curious about near-death experiences, navigating burnout, searching for meaning, or simply wondering what really matters in life, this conversation is filled with hope.

In this episode we discuss:

• Abbey's near-death experience
 • Healing after critical illness
 • Burnout and living out of alignment
 • Why boundaries matter
 • Intuition and resilience
 • Returning to purpose
 • Faith, love and the power of hope
 • Choosing the life you truly want

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

02:04 Abbey Background and Passions

03:23 Nature Roots and Early Spiritual Curiosity

05:48 Career Shift and School Fundraising Life

07:27 Out of Alignment and Boundary Struggles

11:34 Stress Signals and Grief Before Illness

13:07 Flu Turns Serious ER Admission

17:22 Ventilator ECMO and Near Death Crash

21:15 Coma Lifetimes and Searching for Family

23:49 Parking Garage Fall Into the Light

25:45 Meeting God and Choosing to Return

32:52 Long ICU Journey and Waking Up

36:32 Weird Dreams and Healing Bargains

38:44 Tricked Into Service

39:30 Teaming Up To Save Others

41:06 Lessons Brought Back

43:50 Husband Anchors Her Awake

45:27 Defying The Doctors

50:17 Relearning To Walk

55:05 Facing Lung Transplant Talk

01:00:55 Easter Milestone And Home

01:02:32 Healing And Self Love

01:07:44 Words Of Wisdom

01:11:29 Gratitude And Farewell

Connect with Abbey:
 Instagram: @AbbeyBrassfield
 On The Horizon Consulting: @OnTheHorizonConsults

#NearDeathExperience #NDE #ComaSurvivor #Miracle #TrueStory #HealingJourney #SpiritualAwakening #FaithOverFear #ICUSurvivor #ECMOSurvivor #ChooseYourself #Resilience #HopeAndHealing #SecondChanceAtLife #MilesToZen #LeadershipPodcast 

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In this heartfelt episode of Miles to Zen, Shannon sits down with Hieke Morton, founder of The Gathering Markit, an innovative nonprofit grocery store that is changing the way communities respond to food insecurity.

But this isn't simply a story about groceries.

It's a story about a mother who quietly struggled to feed her children while appearing to have everything together. It's about answered prayers, unexpected acts of kindness, the power of being truly seen, and how life's deepest hardships can become our greatest purpose.

Hieke shares the remarkable journey that led her from Red Seal chef and high school foods teacher to creating a community model that offers families not a handout, but a hand up—restoring dignity while helping people build lasting stability.

Throughout the conversation, Shannon and Hieke reflect on resilience, community, gratitude, the stories we carry, and the small moments that can completely change someone's life.

If you've ever wondered whether one person can make a difference, this episode is your reminder that they can.

In this episode you'll discover:
 • Why dignity matters just as much as generosity
 • The difference between a handout and a hand up
 • How small acts of kindness can change the course of someone's life
 • Why our hardest seasons often prepare us for our greatest purpose
 • The importance of being truly seen—and seeing others

Whether you're navigating your own difficult chapter, looking for hope, or simply wanting to hear an inspiring story of human resilience, this conversation is one you won't forget.

If this episode moved you, please consider sharing it with someone who could use a little encouragement today.

Learn more about The Gathering Markit and Hieke's work: https://gatheringmarkit.com/
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Time stamps:

00:00 Curiosity Sets the Stage

00:47 Meet Hieke Morton

01:41 Food Career Origins

02:09 Catering and Teaching

04:16 Childhood Sweet Memories

06:30 Access Foods Dream

06:54 Hidden Food Insecurity

11:12 Salvation Army Lifeline

14:39 Answered Prayer Flowers

21:35 Starting the Markit

25:46 Meal Kits for Five

28:48 Hand Up Philosophy

31:17 Three Stage Program

32:18 Commitment Through Membership

33:04 Financial Wellness Launch

33:55 Dignity Over Budget Shaming

38:31 Small Wins Build Confidence

39:40 From Food Hampers to Meal Kits

40:56 Abbotsford Only Mission

42:08 Finding Suppliers and Partners

45:42 Hand Up Not Handout

49:08 Joyful Community Gatherings

54:00 Success Story of Resilience

58:04 How to Support and Replicate

01:00:19 Closing Wisdom and Farewell

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On the Miles to Zen podcast, host Shannon Miles Halliday talks with Chris-Anne Donnelly—creator of The Light Seer’s Tarot—about weaving mysticism and strategy, creativity, and intuition into real-world work. Chris-Anne shares how she used oracle cards in brand strategy sessions with corporations, municipalities, and a major Canadian bank to help teams speak more honestly and flatten hierarchy, how that work led her to create The Sacred Creator’s Oracle, and her path from running a design agency to focusing on personal creative projects. They discuss early intuition, religious and mystical family influences, living in Chile and meeting her husband, working with Hay House after successful Kickstarters, designing a tarot deck that feels less scary, practices like hypnagogia and dream journaling, and the idea that “strange” creative impulses may be your assignment. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & who Chris-Anne is 02:10 From design agency to personal projects 05:10 Oracle cards in corporate strategy sessions 08:25 Creating The Sacred Creator’s Oracle 11:15 Intuition, childhood, and family mysticism 16:10 Chile, bucket lists, and meeting her husband 21:05 Hay House, Kickstarter success, and creator angst 26:10 Quieting life to hear intuition (dreams, hypnagogia, journaling) 33:10 Designing The Light Seer’s Tarot (shadow & sunshine) 39:30 Advice for creators: act on the luminescent idea + her magical letters project

00:00 Never Assume Intro

00:34 Meet Chrisanne Donnelly

03:00 From Design Agency to Sparkles

05:28 Oracle Cards in Boardrooms

09:29 Creating the First Deck

12:13 Early Intuition and Creativity

16:35 Mystical Family Roots

21:02 Listening to Intuition Practices

25:32 Chile Adventures and Love Story

29:02 Returning to Canada and Identity

31:47 Coffee Date Vibe

33:04 From Client Work to Own Decks

37:12 Kickstarter to Hay House

38:20 Manifestation Pitch Letter

41:07 Big Publisher Growing Pains

43:01 Creativity and Authentic Work

48:53 Light Seers Tarot Origins

52:00 Favorite Cards and Archetypes

56:31 Do the Luminescent Idea

59:35 Magical Letters Project

01:02:10 Key Takeaways and Farewell

Contact Chris-Anne:

https://chris-anne.com/

https://www.instagram.com/pixiecurio/

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In this episode of the Miles to Zen podcast, we explore what it really means to bring something into the room, whether that room is a boardroom, a dinner party, a soccer pitch, or a moment in your everyday life.

Fresh off delivering my What You Bring Into the Room: The Human Side of Business Development workshop, and with FIFA energy buzzing through Vancouver, we look at presence through the lens of sport. From soccer players who reset instantly, to Roger Federer’s “every point” mindset, to the magic of team energy in volleyball and the joy‑first approach of an NHL player — the greats all have one thing in common: they let go quickly and they stay connected to fun.

We also explore the mirror theory, the NAC method (Notice, Accept, Choose Again), and the invisible backpack we all carry into every room. This episode is an invitation to become more aware of your silent signals and more intentional about the energy you bring into your life.

If you enjoy this episode, please follow, share, or send it to someone who might need it today. And as Ted Lasso says… be a goldfish.

00:00 Welcome and Check In

00:58 Workshop Inspiration

01:51 Presence in Every Room

03:02 FIFA and Athlete Mindset

04:21 Reset After Mistakes

05:37 Team Energy Bubble

07:30 Be a Goldfish

07:58 Fun Fuels Performance

09:12 Backpack Metaphor

11:17 NAC Notice Accept Choose

12:53 Choose Your Intention

13:39 Closing 

#WhatYouBringIntoTheRoom #MilesToZen #Presence #Mindset #LeadershipDevelopment #EmotionalAwareness #SportsMindset #FIFA2026 #RogerFederer #NACMethod #PersonalGrowth #SelfAwareness #HumanSideOfBusiness #VancouverPodcast #BeAGoldfish 

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